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To bar means to press several strings, on a single fret, with only one finger. Barre chords will always be indicated by the letter C followed by a Roman numeral to indicate the fret where the bar occurs (ie C III represents a bar on the 3rd fret). These exercises are graded by order of difficulty. Start with the first exercise and do not pass onto the next one until you play it correctly. The mastering of the barre chord requires a little perseverance…

Tags: barre chord, Beginners, chords, exercises, Intermediate, Technique

SCHEDULING YOUR WORK As usual, to begin with, practise the first measure: • Practise the fingerings of the left hand without the rhythm. • Introduce the correct picking directions (be careful the strokes are not systematically alternated). • Then, play the whole song with the indicated rhythm. • Having done this, train yourself to play the pattern in measure [...]

Tags: Blues, chords, hammering-on, Intermediate, pulling-off, shuffle

There are two possibilities with regard to the technique used for the right hand: you can either use your thumb for the bass and your fore finger and middle finger for the treble strings, OR you can use the pick to play down strokes on the bass and up strokes on the treble. For the [...]

Tags: Advanced, boogie, Intermediate, pick, pima, shuffle

If you want to listen to the duet, download the guitar course called “Classical pieces for guitar – Vol I”. This is the second guitar of the duet. Click here to see the first guitar.  

Tags: Advanced, Classic, Intermediate

If you want to listen to the duet, download the guitar course called “Classical pieces for guitar – Vol I”. This is the first guitar of the duet. Click here to see the second guitar.  

Tags: Advanced, Classic, Intermediate